Head of Engineering (Remote) at Staff-Recruit

Staff-Recruit is a leading Human Resource and Management Consulting firm which provides a range of recruitment, selection, outsourcing, training & development solutions. We are a dedicated team of professional consultants offering top of the line executive recruitment and selection services. We cater for the needs of a range of professionals seeking employment and work together to create effective solutions using our networks and strong client base.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Engineering (Frontend, Backend, Python, Software Development, Typescript, React / Next.js)

Location: Kenya
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief
What does the job involve:

• Hands on development work. We’d like you to be able to pick up tasks across the board as needed, whether that is frontend updates or backend architecture. Our primary tech stack uses Typescript, React/Next.js, gRPC, all running on GCP with modern CI and deployment pipelines in place.
• Overall ownership of architecture, best practices, platform reliability and ways of working within the engineering team. Close collaboration with the Product and Design function. You’ll work closely with our product managers to help inform roadmaps and prioritization.
• Manage, mentor, and grow the engineering team. You’d initially be the manager for a team of three great engineers, but would be the point person for future hiring

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with at least 5+ years of proven experience as an individual software developer using relevant tools and technologies. We do all new development on Typescript, both frontend and backend, and you need to be able to hit the ground running using these tools. Exposure to Python is a bonus as we do use this for parts of our legacy platform and data science projects.
• Experience as a manager including hiring, performance management, streamlining ways of working, and cross functional collaboration is a strong plus, though we will consider candidates with exceptional technical skills that are interested in taking on management responsibilities
• Greenfield/startup experience is a big plus. You’ve likely worked in smaller teams tasked with creating something from nothing, not only in bigger organizations where everything is already defined for you.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary: USD75,000 - USD100,000 / Annum
• A chance to work with thousands of startups & global investors
• A remote-first environment
• An annual learning budget for you to grow
• Annual company retreats
• Medical benefits

Application Closing Date
28th June, 2023.